America in Transition: Post Industrialism and the Scientific and Telecommunication Revolution

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We've come a long way, baby! But how far can or should we go? Has modern technology freed or enslaved us? Explore the impact of rapid technological advances on the social/cultural fiber of American society, post WWII to the present. Topics include jets, space, drones, nuclear energy and weapons, the human Genome project, Dolly the sheep, the Internet, WWW.com, Post modern art and pixels, cell/smart phones,TV, CDs, DVDs, PCs, hybrid and electric cars, GMO'S and moral and philosophical dilemmas created by rapid technological advances.